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Support Worker

  • Job
    Full-time
    Entry Level
  • People, HR & Administration
    Healthcare

AI generated summary

  • You should be enthusiastic, warm, engaging, and creative. Driving skills preferred but not essential. Must be located in and eligible to work in the UK; no sponsorship available.
  • You will provide emotional and practical support, assist with home management tasks, develop trusting relationships, and deliver personal care to service users.

Requirements

  • Prior experience is not necessary as we are looking for people who are enthusiastic, warm, engaging, and creative and want to make a difference to our service user’s lives.
  • Drivers are preferred but not essential.
  • We can only accept applications from candidates who are located in and eligible to work within the UK- this post will not be open to Sponsorship under the UKVI scheme.

Responsibilities

  • Provision of practical, emotional and behavioural support to service users
  • Help service users with running their own homes
  • Completing general housing management tasks, cooking and paying bills
  • Develop and sustain warm and trusting relationships with service users
  • Provision of personal care to service users

FAQs

What type of individuals will I be supporting as a Support Worker?

You will be supporting individuals with a wide range of learning disability care needs, helping them to live independently and enjoy various activities.

Is previous experience required for this role?

No prior experience is necessary; we are looking for enthusiastic, warm, engaging, and creative individuals who want to make a difference in the lives of our service users.

What kind of activities will I be assisting service users with?

You will assist service users with various activities, including going to festivals, day trips, swimming, bowling, attending sports events, and participating in communal activities like weekly film nights.

What are the primary duties of a Support Worker?

Primary duties include providing practical, emotional, and behavioral support, helping service users manage their homes, cooking, paying bills, and providing personal care.

Are there any specific skills or qualities needed for this role?

Yes, you should have excellent communication and teamwork skills, be calm, resourceful, energetic, and committed to promoting service users’ dignity, independence, and well-being.

Is being a driver a requirement for this position?

Driving is preferred but not essential for this role.

What benefits do I get if I work with Creative Support?

Benefits include a probationary bonus, pension contributions, 28 days leave, and company-paid enhanced DBS checks.

How do I apply for this position?

Applications must be submitted via the Creative Support website using the vacancy reference number 75698.

Is this position open to candidates outside of the UK?

No, we can only accept applications from candidates located in and eligible to work within the UK as this post will not be open to sponsorship under the UKVI scheme.

What values does Creative Support promote as an organization?

Creative Support is a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organization, recognized as a Stonewall Diversity Champion and a Disability Confident Employer, and has recently received the Investors in People Gold award.

Opportunity, Choice, and Wellbeing

Science & Healthcare
Industry
1001-5000
Employees
1991
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Creative Support was established as Manchester Housing Consortium in 1990 and was registered in 1991 as an Industrial and Provident Society with charitable status. We subsequently changed our name to Creative Support to show our commitment to developing creative responses to individual needs. In our first five years we successfully enabled people who had been living in long stay hospitals to move into supported housing, greatly improving their quality of life. By the late 1990’s we were providing a wide range of housing, care and support services. Creative Support now provides person-centred services across England in 65 local authorities, supporting over 5,000 individuals with care and support needs. Our portfolio includes accommodation based services such as residential care, supported housing and extra care as well as a range of floating support and homecare services to service users living in their own homes. We also provide day activities and respite support so that service users, families and carers can enjoy holidays and short breaks.